wishful

Our quest for better leaders—“Change we can believe in”— is wishful thinking.

Dear White People is a conversation about racism not buried under wishful thinking.

But the idea he is going to attract droves of non-traditional Republican supporters is nothing more than wishful thinking.

Sometimes the wishful thinking was done by well-known individuals—the Dalai Lama and Ralph Bunche.

At least 65 Peace Prizes have been awarded for wishful thinking.

More wishful beseeching must surely have softened a Deity with a sunburned nose and a double chin!

He was kind, was this parson, and sweetly wishful for the goodness and welfare of all the erring sons and daughters of men.

I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure.

In a little while it leaks out why he's so generous with his promises and so wishful to see us enrolled beneath his noble banner.

I did not quit it without kissing the very earth and trees, casting back many a wishful look as I went towards Chambery.